For me, the sketching of dresses was about fantasy and dreams. In my little room at home, I felt that I was somewhere else. In Paris, for instance.

I created the peplum so you can eat in it. You can have a dessert, you can have another sandwich.

All the young people in fashion worship the people who have been around a long time. I think it is about keeping something going through the generations. Take my work: Just because I'm not 20 anymore doesn't mean that people don't appreciate what I do.

With fashion, I barely finish one collection before I must start another.

What I love in fashion is to tell a story through a creation.

Wear flats. You're short. It's much cooler not to pretend.

I always wear a dinner jacket. I never have this definition of what goes for the morning or the evening or what works for the weekend.